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Chuck "Magnum"
Ankenbauer
Land & Armor Combat Editor
I'm
Chuck "Magnum" Ankenbauer, a 40 year old living
in beautiful Naples, Florida with my even more beautiful wife,
Sylvia and our two girls, Melissa and Jessica. It's kind of
like Noah's Ark here, with two dogs, two cats, two birds,
two hamsters, and three turtles, yes three... I don't know
why three turtles.
I spent
10 years in the US Army as a Military Policeman. I spent five
years in Aschaffenburg, Germany as a patrolman during peace
time and a DIP mission if the cold war turned hot. (DIP meaning
Die In Place.) I then came back to the States to Ft. Benning,
Georgia where I became a Sergeant and a Military Working Dog
Handler. I spent a year in Korea as an Explosives Dog Handler,
then returned to Ft. Benning as the Military Working Dogs
Training Sergeant where I spent my last year or two training
our 18 dog teams.
I decided
to end my military service due to marriage and having two
kids. The military life is great for a single man, but gets
very hard when you start adding others to the equation.
I then moved back to Florida (I was
born and raised in Clearwater). Clearwater got too crowded
so I moved South to Naples, Florida. I joined the city police
department in 1996 and have been there since. I've been on the midnight shift since day one and
refuse to leave it. I started out as a patrolman, then became
the DUI Unit Officer, and then specialized training as a DRE,
(Drug Recognition Expert). I just became one of only two K9
officers in this department. I now patrol the not so mean
streets of Naples at night with Shadow, my German Shepherd.
I am assigned to the SWAT team as K9 support and though not
listed on the team, work and train with them constantly.
When
I'm not training or working, or not getting my 4 hours of
sleep a day (no kidding), I am either watching the latest
DVD action flick on my 50'' DLP big screen TV and 600 watt
home entertainment system, or right here on the computer either
playing computer games or writing/posting about them. I mostly
play games solo, but am a member of an online tactical gaming
group where I get my multiplayer fix.
Send Chuck a SimHQ private message.
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